If you don’t have a sim card to activate your iPhone and you need to skip this screen then follow the step by step video below to get your iPhone up and running in no time. This tutorial works on all version from iOS3 all to way to iOS6! Note: In the video, the activation screen my iPhone 3G has will probably be different than from what you have. Apple changed the activation screen in iOS5 and iOS6, however, this tutorial works for all iOS versions mentioned. You need to download the two files below. If you don’t know what version your iPhone is on, watch the video and it will tell you.

Thanks to you dude I just activated my Iphone 3g.
I have the same problem in the last part of your video.
After activating it there is no service.
Have you made a video fixing that problem? Cause the only﻿ video i see is for Iphone 3gs
Can you post here the link if you have the network fix for Iphone 3g.
Thanks in advance! =)

I have an iphone 3gs. It was jailbroke. When I went to iTunes it updated it to IOS6. Now it won’t reactivate. I get the error screen at the beginning of theis video.
I went trhu redsnow like the video, but I get an erroe message in redsnow that says “Missing Keys.plist data for this build:
Debice iPhone3GS
EICD: 3432233460559
Build: iPhone2,1_6.0.1_10A523

my said the same thing but when i tried to do that extras thing then i clicked on select IPSW then i clicked on “iPhone2,1_6.0.1_10A523” that i downloaded and it said that IPSW is not supported by this version of Redsn0w

Have a 3g iphone with a 3.1.3 downgrade that I followed from one of your other videos. After following this video redsnow keeps giving me an “Unsupported IPSW” error. Any suggestion to help make my iphone functional again. Thank you in advance, Grant

heyy my iphone stuck in the apple logo booting, and behind the apple i can see like the wheel that comes out when the iphone is slow, but its like freeze or something..(sorry for my english, no from US ) what can i do?? i let it there like 30 mins… what should i do??

Hey, i have en Iphone 3G version 3.1.3. When i try to use redsn0w to the .ipsw it says
“That IPSW is not supported by this version of redsn0w.
fingerprint:
85e72f39f3f7c8d298531e5745eeb6ec57769038”
I have tried to use different versions of redsn0w but didn’t help….plz help

turn yous phone off! run the i tune on your pc!
push and hold top on/off button untill apple sing closes on screen then push and hold the home button (release top botton)..hold for 6 8 seconds..
i did that and the phone automaticly rebooted from version 3 to version 4.2.1!!
after i did what this dude says !!worked great and unlocked!!BUT!!i have no signal!!!sim card is unable to read!!

When I finish putting it into dfu mode and redsnow does everything, it says its done then﻿ my iphone just stays black nothing else and I have redone the process you described 3 times and it stays black so what do I do?

I’m having the same problem, only it still says ‘waiting for reboot’ on redsnow. I left it open all night though, and it didn’t change, and just tried it again, and still nothing. My phone’s just showing a black screen now! Were you able to sort yours?
If anyone’s got any idea what I need to do, that’d be super!!

Not having any luck either. “That IPSW is not supported by this version of redsn0w”
I searched and found out I need 0.9.4 to run the 3.1.3 ipsw but even when I dl’ed that from another site. No dice. Still not recognized.

I downloaded the newest version of the redsnow which is on the top list, and different ipsw and when I try any it say this version is not supported by redsnow, but I have ios 6.1.1 installed on my iphone, helpppppppppppppppppp please helppppppp me to hactivate it. thanks

I jailbroke my iPhone 4 last night. At the end redsn0w claimed that JB programs will not function without tethering, or something in that nature. I didn’t tether and now I can’t open my emails or Safari. Any help?

I have an iPhone 2g and i’m also stuck at the screen in the beginning of this video but I have 1 more problem: itunes can’t find my phone because before I only received this screen, a passlock was set so I can’t get through all steps in this video… please help

It didn´t work for me, it asked me first if it´s a new or fixed iphone, I chosed yes and after doing all the steps it says USB communication problem. I have tried it 4 times in a row. How can I solve it? Thanks.

Hi. I have iphone 3g. I followed every steps, downloaded everything it needs to activate my phone, however, when I got to the last part where the redsnow will/should do its magic, I got stuck holding the home button for nearly 30 minutes since the progress bar isn’t moving or the itunes didn’t pop up.. then out of the sudden, my phone just shutdown. I kept pressing the home button still for another 30 minutes but nothing happened. What should I do? Has this something to do with the fact that I just fixed my phone first from error 1015?

I did everything, acc video, but when I turn on my 3gs, is still asking me for activation and then is write me that activation server is not wotking or something like that, so I can´t evet switch on. what shoul I do?

P.S: Is this “upgrade” means that I can´t use my SIM and call from this iphone anymore?

HELPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!
I have an iphone 4 on ios 6.1.3 and i did everything on your video and it still is bringing me back to the activation screen! someone please help!

I have iPhone 3G (4.2.1 – 5.15.00). I followed the same steps using redSnow 9.15.b3 and IPSW “iPhone1,2_4.2.1_8C148_Restore.ipsw” but it brought me back to same screen of activation.
I never get ‘Next/Finish’ button on redsnow. Plus, my iphone screen does not show any log or activity unlike in the video your screen shows lot of activities at the time of jailbreaking.

hey Hiten,
after you selected your IPSW, did you click back and than hit jailbreak? After it is done jailbreaking it will automatically bring you to a screen where it says put your iphone into DFU mode after you power of your iphone it will bring you to a screen of insctructions on how to put it into DFU mode. after all this is done all that writing you said that didnt show up, should come up this time. I have the same problem it brings me back to the activation screen after i followed the same exact steps like 10 times! hope this helps Hiten

hey i have i phone 2g. it was hanged on apple logo during boot so i restored it by itunes. currently its have ios 3.1.3 firmwre so for activate this i saw your video .
I downloaded the latest version of redsnow its 9.15 but its shows that this version od redsnow not supported for your ios help me asap.

once we get to the step where we put it into dfu mode, redsnow gives me an error message, instead of doing all the other stuff yours was doing. it says, “usb communication problem”. how do i get past that?

I don’t have the sim card that it was was sold with, I have another one ( another provider) currently in it. When I turn it on, it tells me to enter a sim from the provider it came with. Unfortunately this phone was my sister’s and she is living in the UK, I’m living in Ireland so I can’t get a sim card from that provider. Will this work?

hi ive followed ur video step by step but when am coming onto jailbreakin it stops and says missing keys could u explain very simple how i fix this problem am new to this and not sure what am doing exactly thanks oh an i have a 3gs x

Hi, I need help. I have iPhone 2 with 3.1.3 firmware and I need to activate it, but when i do like in video step by step i choose “Select IPSW” and select my iPhone (3.1.3) firmware redsn0w shows error “That IPSW is not supported by this version of redsn0w” . Please help me fast.

I am trying to do it with my iPhone 4 but at the end of this process on black screen it says “dyld: code signature for shared cache failed with error=7” and stuck here. Please help me as soon as possible.

hi…im mamics from the philippines. i have followed every step that you have instructed. but when i open the 3g firmware 3.1.3,06.15.00 it says “it is not supported by this version of redsnow fingerprint 85e72f39f3f7c8d298531e5745eeb6eC57769038” please help. what version of redsnow should i use then?

Hi, I have iPhone 2G with 3.1.3 firmware and I need to activate it, but when i do like in video step by step i choose “Select IPSW” and select my iPhone (3.1.3) firmware redsn0w shows error “That IPSW is not supported by this version of redsn0w” . Please help me fast.

(iphone 3gs & mac 10.6.8) I downloaded Redsn0w 0.9.15b3 and the firmware 6.0 ‘iPhone2,1_6.0_10A403_Restore.ipsw’ and redsnow doesn’t open the firmware it says ‘That Ipsw is not supported by this version of Redsnow’. i really don’t know what to do, i looked for that in many forums and no real light.

Hi,
I’m trying to do this (I have an iphone 3gs, ios 401), and I get to the stage where my phone say ‘downloading jailbreak data’, and redsn0w says, it’s done, my phone then goes to a black screen with white writing running down it, and it just says ‘please’ wait’. Is there anything you can help with?

i need help, i do everything as instructed, redsnow finishes, says the rest of the process takes place on my iphone and i close it but my iphone 3g running 4.2.1 gets blank screen and its stuck like that until i hard restart it. please help 🙁

I finally got it to work – good grief you need patience AND
to follow the instructions without missing anything, rebooting I think helped.
I have spent at least 5 days trying to fix.
Never will I attach this up to iTunes again.

hi guys i have an iPhone 3Gs i had a ios 5.1 and then tryed to upgrade to ios 6.1. but now phone is not getting activate so what can i do plzzz tell me. and not even downgrading to ios 4.1. plzzz give me solution. while jailbreak my phone is not rebooting and showing missing key in redsn0w what,s the problem

hi thaks for the videos really helpfull, but actualy i was trying to fix mine like you say its bloked by sim card and I can’t get out of this…. the redsnow for mine iphone 4s ios 6.1.3 do not work? the jailbreak button stays grey and when i do the steps it says is not good for this version???!!! any thoughts thank u very much *******

most of people says that its not working perfectly.so im not getting clear decission to chose this proces to activate my iphone 3gs,after the updating of 4.0.1 to 6.1.3 its not activating.hlp me wat do plzzzzzzzz

i tried it so many times. iphone 3g 4.2.1 downloaded redsnow and firmware (firmware from ipswdownloader) i selected my ipsw then jailbreak unclick all except cydia until the redsnow says done but on my device its just black screen! i tried waiting like for hours then it goes black, when i tried to open it, it just goes back to emergency calls. 🙁

Dear Sir,
I had Iphone 4 16gb hutchinson Ireland with ios 7.0.4
I do not had carrier sim withme and I stay in india
How to jailbreak or unlock my iphone
I had downloaded redsnow, but the next button was not getting highlighted
please help me….!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I COULD USE MY IPHONE 3GS NOW… I REALLY MEAN IT! SO MANY MANY THANKS… AND IT WORK REALLY WELL EVEN WITHOUT SIM… NOW I’M DOWNLOADING VIBER I THOUGHT I COULD NEVER USE MY IPHONE 3GS AGAIN… GODSPEED!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I COULD USE MY IPHONE 3GS NOW… I REALLY MEAN IT! SO MANY MANY THANKS… AND IT WORKED REALLY WELL EVEN WITHOUT SIM… NOW I’M DOWNLOADING VIBER I THOUGHT I COULD NEVER USE MY IPHONE 3GS AGAIN… GODSPEED!!

Hi guys,
I have a problem; i followed all the steps and it did what the video showed UNTIL, the part where it says waiting for reboot on the mac screen stays FOREVER, i have tried to delete and redownload all of the files but it takes all night and its still not done.
help please
thanks

Hi, i got an i phone 3gs from my aunt and its locked and need to be activated but its already jailbroken my aunt said.. so i did this tutorial but then when i browse the frimware which is currently used by my 3gs the redsnow said it is not supported. I checked some comments and one said use the 6.0 version and that is what i did but then the after some process the redsnow stopped and said exploit failed. Is there anyhting i could do? thanks